Hedge or shrub trimming implement



Nov. 23 1926.

l.. POGLEIN v HEDGE OR SHRUB TRIMMING IMPLEMENT n Filed July 7, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ww ha? m ql@ zs Day/ein Petenfdf 2:19.26.,

e Louis' or umana, :inmits'nlviiiua` trimming implements andmore,particulai'f;4 l v The under'surface of t e ange15is-recesfsed This invention relates tofhedgei Shrub.

1y to a motor driven hed et'rimmer l 'Y 'An' important obectv o theinvention'is.tou

provide a device o this characterv including toothed/disks and i'ias for driving these disks in opposite directionsby .meanso a 1 i .f with relation to the support and the pivot single gear operatedA from a suitable` power drive, preferably consistingfof a motor'. y

A further. and more specific ob'ect of the 'e invention is to. roduce a'device o this character inA which t e disksjthemselves aremade in the form of ears andadrive isi as#A sociated therewith fin) such manner as Ato cause certain portions; vof tliY peripheries of the disks to be maintained" -.'contact with one another .and-.to drive-tlesks in oppositedirections.v l 'f .These and other objects I attain'by the construction shown in ,Y the accompan ing drawin wherein for the' urpose ofi lustration is shown 'a prefe embodii'neiitof`A my invention and wherein l f Figure 41 is *fa lside ele'ation of a'hedge trimmer constructed in accordanceJ with'my invention;v-` l' l ,i Figure 2 is a plan vievv' thereo f-;l

. Fi e 3 is anvenlargedtional lview on the line`3'-3'of' Figure 2f; i i Figure 4 is.' similarsection .on-the' line 4-4of Figure 2; -j' j Figure 5 isan enlarged section. onthe line 5--5 ofFigure 2;

Fi re `6 is abottoln mem r;.. p.

F e 7 is a top plan view of the washer. Re eri-i now more yparticularl -to the drawin s, t e numerall10 gnerally indicates a suita le support upon w ich atz one end a pivot member 11 is so mounted'that itis held against rotation. In the present instance, the

pivot is shown as threaded throu h the su port at 12 andprovided at one ace of e support with a lock nut 13 jammin against the su port.v At the oppositeside o the support, t e pivot-is provided with a ilange 14,

. the under surface of which is spacedv from the support and is relieved, as .at 15. Between' the ange 15 and the` faceof the support, a washer 16 is disposed, the upper su' ace of which is reliev as at 17, at the same side as the ange 15. This relief extends through approximately one-half the circumference of both the ,ange and washer, so that adjacent faces ofthe iiange and washerat that side .hasqformed therethrough a'duct 19 through vlar -Each diskl is provi edupon its periphery 'ofi a pingearing', the male member'26 o which isformed u n the end ofv-ashaft 27 v nia e i therewith is provided.v

Aing ,a vbore .33 through which of' the support diver f from one another.

to provide aii oil chamber 18and the flange vihich oil may be `introducedto .this cham.- ber. The washer V1d isjheld Ifrom` rrotation .washer a pairof disks 22 are inoun uponl the ivotll.' These disks areexactly simiut are lreversel applicdto. the pivot.

with cutting`.teethi23, cutting/faces. 24' of which., by the .reverse application of the disks so that each disk comprisesa" female opening which isxinserted the' .openings in alignment .with thesupport and abve'the support. The disks are s rung to rmit disengagement sind accor ingly resi iently '15 to the pivot, face in opposite directions. 'Ad-ry f. iachentrthe peripheries', the disks are `formed with circumferentially spaced .openings 25,4

en aga with opposite side faces of the pin orl ar, vso that a 'pgsitive engagement s engagement likewise-serve to resiliently urge the oppesite portions'v ofther disk into engagement with one another, so that Athey are prolly positioned for the cutt operation. suitable mechanism mamie provided for driving the shaft prefergand, in the vpresent construction, illustrate l.a motor 28 secured to the support 10 and e ged with this shaft The supportv 10 is slliawnas oii set at 29, so that the armature shaft 30 of the motor may axiall p align with the shaft 27. The support may provided .with any suitable handle 31 and uponthis handle acontrol 32 for .thedrive mechanism is situated. This control, in the resent' instance, comprises aswitch contro ling the action of the motor. The. handle 31 isillustrated as havythe 1%834 may extend to. themotor.- Since the construction hereinbefore set .forth is ca able of a certain range of change and modi cation without `materially departing from the spirit of the invention, I do not limit myse f to such s cific structure except as hereinafter claime v 1. In combination, a sufpport, a pivot mounted thereon, a pair o resilient disks mounted upon the pivot provided upon their peri heries with o positely facing cutting teet means associated with the disks at the pivot permitting separation of the disks at one side of the pivot and preventing separation thereof at the opposite side of the pivot'and a rotating driving means for the disks inserted between the outer edge portions of the disks at the first named side of i the pivot and with which the disks are 4tions of the disks at the first named side of iency.

2. In combination, a support, a pivot maintained in engagement by their. resilmo'unted thereon, a pair of resilient disks mounted upon the pivot provided upon their peripheriesv with oppositely facing-:cutting teeth, means associated with the disks at the pivot permitting Iseparation of the disks at one side of the pivot and preventing separation thereof at the opposite side of .the pivot and a rotating driving means forthe disks inserted between the outer edge portions ofthe disks at'the first named side of being providedA with a circumferentially ex' tending series of openings, thedriving member having pins for engagement in said openings.V

3. In combination, a support, a pivot mounted thereon, a Apair-(nt resilient disks mounted upon the pivot provided upon their peripberies with oppositely facing cutting teeth, means associated with the disks at the pivotpermitting separation of the disks at one side of the pivot landpreventing sepa-V ration thereof4 at-pthe opposite sideof the pivot and a rotating "driving means for the disks insertedbetween the outer edge porthe pivot and with which the disks are maintained in engagement by their` resiliency, said disks adacent the peripheries thereof being provi ed with a circumferresiliency.

ration thereof at the opposite side ofthe Ipivot comprising a ange upon the pivot, a washer surrounding the ivot between the flange and support, the

ange and washer havin adjacent faces thereofrelieved at =said side of thepivot and a rotating driving `means for the disks inserted between theoutei edge portions of the ldisks at the first named side of the pivot and with which the disks are maintained in engagement by their 5. In combination, a su port, a pivot mounted thereon, a pair Io resilient disks mounted upon the pivot provided upon their peripheries with oppositely facing. cutting teeth, means associated with the disks at the pivot permittingseparation of the disks at one side of the pivot and preventing separation thereof at. the opposite side of the Divot and a rotating driving means for the disks inserted between the outer edge por-i tions of the disks at the rst named side of the pivot andF with which the disks are maintained in engagement by their resiliency, said disks adjacent the peripheries thereof being 'provided with a ,circumfer- 90 entially extending series of openings, the drivin member having pins for engagement in sai openings, a motor carried by the support and a driving connection between the armature shaft of the motor and said driving member, the. handle being odset to permit axial alignment of the armature lhaft of the motor with said` driving mem- In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my W signature. l

LU'IS POGLEIN. 

